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Medieval images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: France, James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kalamazoo, Mich. : Cistercian Publications, [2007]
Series:Cistercian studies series ; no. 210.
Subjects:
Bernard, > of Clairvaux, Saint, > 1090 or 1091-1153 > Art.
Christian art and symbolism > Europe > Medieval, 500-1500.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The medieval iconography of Bernard of Clairvaux
  • The literary portrait and the vera effigies
  • The principal attributes of Saint Bernard
  • The earliest images : the twelfth century
  • Images of Bernard: monk and abbot
  • Images from the life of Bernard
  • Nuns and the iconography of Bernard
  • Bernard receiving the embrace of Christ
  • Mary offering Bernard her milk
  • Bernard in Dante and Florence : the doctrina
  • Images of Bernard as a devotee of Mary
  • Bernard and the devil
  • Bernard in the constellation of saints
  • Conclusions: Bernard, the writer, the teacher, and the saint.